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Quito, the capital of Ecuador, was founded in the 16th century on the ruins of an Incan city and stands at an altitude of 2,850 m (9,350 ft), making it the second-highest city in the world and second-highest administrative capital city in the world, after La Paz, Bolivia. Quito was also one of the 12 original UNESCO World Heritage sites chosen in 1978. It is also the headquarters of the Union of South American Nations.
The Palacio de Carondelet (Carondelet Palace) on Plaza Grande in the heart of the historic center of Quito serves as the residence of Ecuador's president. The plaza is surrounded by government buildings and historic churches.
Although the actual equator is 100 yards to the north, this monument outside Quito, Ecuador, commemorates the equatorial line as surveyed by the French Geodesic Mission in the late 1700s. The location is known as Mitad del Mundo (Middle of the World).
The front façade of the Basilica of the National Vow (Basílica del Voto Nacional) in Quito, Ecuador. Construction began in 1892, and the formal consecration occurred in 1988. The basilica remains technically unfinished, since, according to local legend, its completion would signal the end of the world. The edifice is the largest Neo-Gothic basilica in the Americas.
The Plaza de San Francisco, built atop an Incan town's market place, is one of the greatest squares in Quito, Ecuador. Bordered on three sides by two-story colonial mansions, the fourth side consists of the huge Monastery of San Francisco, the largest colonial building and oldest church in the city.
Mt. Everest is the world’s highest peak above sea level, but the highest point above the Earth’s center is the peak of Mt. Chimborazo located 150 km (93 mi) from Quito. The summit of Chimborazo is 6,268 m (20,564 ft) above sea level, but with the bulge near the Earth’s equator, the mountain is over 2,072 m (6797 ft) farther from the center of the Earth than Mt. Everest.
Located 28 km (17 mi) from Quito, Ecuador, is snow-capped Cotopaxi, a volcano that last erupted in the 1940s. It is the second highest peak in the country, reaching a height of 5,897 m (19, 347 ft).
Guayaquil, founded in 1538 on the Guayas River, is today Ecuador's main port. It is also the largest and most populous city in the country.
At the end of Calle Diez de Agosto is the Torre Morisca, an octagonal clock tower built in the 1930s. This tower is a picturesque waypoint along the Malecon 2000 riverwalk in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
In the heart of downtown Guayaquil, Ecuador, is Parque Seminario, better known as "Iguana Park" for the dozens of iguanas that call it home. The picture shows the park's statue of Simon Bolivar, and in the background is Metropolitan Cathedral. The cathedral is the successor to the church that was located here when the city was originally founded in the 16th century.
A beach view on the volcanic Galapagos Islands. In all there are 15 main islands, 3 smaller islands, and over 100 rocks and islets composing the archipelago, which is an Ecuadorian province, a national park, and a biological marine reserve.
Fernandina Volcano on Fernandina Island is the Galapagos archipelago's most active volcano.
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